About Jean Twenge

Jean M. Twenge is a professor of Psychology at San Diego State University where she researches how culture affects individuals—particularly how the young generation is different and why. Her books include The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement (2009; co-authored with W. Keith Campbell) and Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled—and More Miserable Than Ever Before (2006).

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Image: Evan Nesterak, created from The U.S. National Archives & DonkeyHotey This article originally appeared in Psychology Today. he collision between the Millennial generation’s expectations and reality was in full display recently, as 25-year-old Yelp employee Talia Jane wrote an open letter to the company’s CEO complaining about her job and was promptly fired. Jane has some undeniable […]